
The Ideal Crash

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The Ideal Crash is the third studio album released in March 1999. The album was recorded in Spain, U.K. and Belgium and was mixed at Olympic Studios and includes the single “Instant Street”, which became an underground hit in Europe. It was produced and mixed by David Bottrill.
The Ideal Crash was the first dEUS album to be directly released through a major label (Island Records) but it’s also the only dEUS album that didn’t get a US release. The album cover art is the first dEUS CD cover that does not feature a painting by ex-guitar player Rudy Trouvé.
A couple of months after the release, a limited 2-disc-edition of The Ideal Crash was released. The second CD is a “CD Extra” which can be played as a CD-Rom. Tracks 13-15 can also be played on an audio CD player : the music is as heard on the videos, including background noises on Instant Street & Ideal Crash
Tracklist
1 | Put The Freaks Up Front | 5:14 | Lyrics |
2 | Sister Dew | 5:35 | Lyrics |
3 | One Advice, Space | 5:46 | Lyrics |
4 | The Magic Hour | 5:23 | Lyrics |
5 | The Ideal Crash | 5:00 | Lyrics |
6 | Instant Street | 6:15 | Lyrics |
7 | Magdalena | 4:58 | Lyrics |
8 | Everybody’s Weird | 4:51 | Lyrics |
9 | Let’s See Who Goes Down First | 6:23 | Lyrics |
10 | Dream Sequence #1 | 6:31 | Lyrics |
Limited edition bonus cd | |||
11 | You Can’t Deny What You Liked As A Child | 4:55 | Lyrics |
12 | Everybody’s Weird (Soulwax remix) | 6:54 | Lyrics |
13 | Instant Street (videoclip) | 4:55 | |
14 | Sister Dew (videoclip) | 4:16 | |
15 | The Ideal Crash (videoclip) | 5:12 |
Versions

Format | Label | Catalogue | Year | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 0 | Album | ![]() |
Cassette | Muzik | DIGITAL Z 150 | 0 | Album,Unofficial Release | ![]() |
Vinyl | Island Records | 12 CRASH 1 | 1999 | 12",45 RPM,Promo | ![]() |
Vinyl | Island Records | 12 DEW 1 DJ | 1999 | 12",33 ⅓ RPM,Promo,Sampler,Stereo | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | 542 226-2 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | 7426 | 1999 | Album,Promo | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album,Promo | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album,Promo | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082/524643 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CRASHCD 1 | 1999 | Promo | ![]() |
Cassette | Island Records | ICT 8082/524 643-4 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
Cassette | Island Records | ICT8082/524 643-4 | 1999 | undefined | ![]() |
Vinyl | Island Records | ILPS 8082 | 1999 | LP,Album,White Label | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | none | 1999 | Promo | |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
CD | Island Records | CID 8082 | 1999 | Album | ![]() |
Vinyl | Island Records | ILPS 8082 | 1999 | LP,Album | ![]() |
Vinyl | Music Mania (4) | MMLP032 | 2013 | LP,Album,Limited Edition,Numbered,Reissue | ![]() |
Vinyl | Music Mania (4) | MMLP032 | 2013 | LP,Album,Limited Edition,Reissue | ![]() |
Vinyl | Universal Music Belgium | 775.114-3 | 2019 | LP,Album,Reissue,Remastered | ![]() |
CD | Universal Music Belgium | 775.181-7 | 2019 | Album,Reissue,Remastered | ![]() |